In All Honesty

Do you want an alternative to New Years resolutions?

Do you dread staying up for NYE?

Do you want to know how to make the most of 2022

Then this episode is for you.

In this episode, Michelle talks about what she does at the end of every year to take all the lessons and learning from this year into the next. She shares why yearly reviews have become a lovely ritual for her and why she places less importance on being awake at midnight and that the mentality that how you spend your NYE determines the rest of your year is rubbish.

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Do you believe there are good or bad people?

Do you think you aren't judgemental?

Have you been saying this is a bad year?

Then this episode is for you.

In this episode, Michelle talks about how the labels 'good' and 'bad' could be negatively impacting your perceptions. She discusses how these are judgements and why we have a system in our brain that will prevent us from seeing the whole picture. She gives you a quick exercise to broaden your awareness and shows how these snap decisions start in childhood.

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Do you dread Christmas?

Do you compare your family to others?

Does your Christmas meal always end in a fight?

Then this episode is for you.

In this episode, Michelle reassures you that you aren't alone if Christmas isn't your thing and the holiday period is tough for you to get through. She talks about how you can make this weekend a more peaceful time of the year and shows you ways to redefine this time of year to make it work for you.

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Are you currently going through a rough time?

Have you ever wondered if you will ever stop crying?

Are you finding it really hard to keep the faith that life will get better?

Then this episode is for you.

In this episode, Michelle shares the beliefs and mindsets she uses in her own life when life is throwing you hurdles one after another and you don't know how you are going to survive it. She talks about how these mentalities are things she accumulated over years in life coaching herself and how she used them in lockdown when her mental health wobbled. She also discusses the fact that these beliefs aren't necessarily accurate but convenient when it's hard to imagine life getting any easier.

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Do you want to exercise without hating your body?

Is it hard to understand how someone can actually love exercise?

Can body positivity and fitness co-exist?

Then this episode is for you.

In this episode, Michelle talks about how she went from hating movement to loving exercise. She gives you practical tips to change your relationship with exercise from one of punishment, compensating calories and self-hatred to moving from a place of fun and genuine enjoyment. She talks about her pivotal mindset shift as well as the things she had to unlearn in order to give herself permission to enjoy exercise. She discusses the impact diet culture has on your view of exercise and how you can eradicate that so movement can return to something that you can enjoy.

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Do you struggle to build intimacy?

Is it hard for you to show appreciation?

Have you found that you feel less connected to the people in your life?

Then this episode is for you.

In this episode, Michelle shares the three things that she is unlearning in her own life that leads to intimacy and connection being broken in all relationship. She discusses how people in your life can either be positive motivation to repeat similar behaviours or negative motivation to choose something different and shares three specific ways you can choose to be different if you lacked intimacy and connection in your childhood

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Do you wish you were body confidence?

Do you think body positivity means being positive about your body?

Do you think body neutrality is a more realistic goal?

Then this episode is for you.

In this episode, Michelle talks about the difference between body confidence and body positivity and why labels can often confuse your own body image. She discusses how she is often held up as the 'end result' of body positivity and why this is flawed in so many ways. She talks about what the goal of body confidence practically looks like in day-to-day life and how you can make changes to your own life and how she went through the process herself

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Is telling people how you feel about them a scary prospect?

Do you struggle to know how to compliment people?

Would you like the people in your life to feel more appreciated?

Then this episode is for you.

In this episode, Michelle talks about how a funeral made her evaluate whether she'd told the people she cares that she loves them. She talks about how to give a compliment and why specific compliments have a different impact. She shares her two ethos in life around telling people about the parts of themselves they don't notice and gives you texts that you should send yourself.

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Did you hear the phrase 'I'm only telling you for your own good' as a child?

Were you told 'if I can't tell you, who will'?

Do you find it hard to make mistakes without shaming yourself?

Then this episode is for you.

In this episode, Michelle talks about criticism and how it affects your self-esteem. She talks about why when a parent specifically criticises us, we are unable to separate it from our behaviour and see it as our behaviour. Michelle also talks about how being constantly criticised will affect how you relate to people and your future friendships and romantic relationships with others. She discusses how to do the inner work to heal it and why your inner critic is not yours.

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Are you a big procrastinator?

Do you just believe you are lazy?

Were you taught that never quitting was the key to success?

Then this episode is for you.

In this episode, Michelle explains why the podcast is undergoing a little bit of a change and adapting to a more casual approach. She talks about how procrastination is a word often used to distract from the real problem and the four actual reasons someone might procrastinate. She talks about how to get out of creative slump and why quitting is an essential life skill that is integral to success.

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